Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.

If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

There is no waste of time like making excuses.